The trademark STAR-WARS was filed by Longshan Lin, a national of the People's Republic of China (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on February 23, 2021, and received one opposition filed on May 16, 2021 by Lucasfilm Ltd. LLC on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT ANWALTSPARTNERSCHAFT MBB - PATENTANWÄLTE RECHTSANWÄLTE and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued May 16, 2021
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (Spanish was selected as the second language).
A total of undefined cancellation proceedings were initiated against the trademark registration in 2022.The first Cancellation was filed by Lucasfilm Entertainment Company Ltd. LLC (represented by BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT ANWALTSPARTNERSCHAFT MBB - PATENTANWÄLTE RECHTSANWÄLTE) on February 22, 2024 and Final decision – EUTM fully cancelled.
Application for revocation or for a declaration of invalidity of the trademark registration was recorded on January 24, 2023. Decisions on applications for revocation or for a declaration of invalidity of the trademark registration was recorded on February 28, 2024.
The Opposition with reference B 003146906 was partially refused EUTMA/IR according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on July 25, 2022 by the EUIPO. The Cancellation with reference B 000058296 was EUTM cancelled according to Article 60(1)(a) EUTMR with decision issued on November 22, 2023 by the EUIPO.